diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 73adcb25422..779a6b33d94 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,22 +3,18 @@
 The setup script for salt
 """
 
-# pylint: disable=file-perms,ungrouped-imports,wrong-import-order,wrong-import-position,repr-flag-used-in-string
-# pylint: disable=3rd-party-local-module-not-gated,resource-leakage,blacklisted-module
-# pylint: disable=C0111,E1101,E1103,F0401,W0611,W0201,W0232,R0201,R0902,R0903
-
-# For Python 2.5.  A no-op on 2.6 and above.
-
+# pylint: disable=file-perms,resource-leakage
 import contextlib
 import distutils.dist
 import glob
-import inspect
 import operator
 import os
 import platform
 import sys
 from ctypes.util import find_library
 from datetime import datetime
+
+# pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
 from distutils import log
 from distutils.cmd import Command
 from distutils.command.build import build
@@ -27,15 +23,16 @@ from distutils.command.install_lib import install_lib
 from distutils.errors import DistutilsArgError
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion  # pylint: disable=blacklisted-module
 
-# pylint: disable=E0611
 import setuptools
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools.command.bdist_egg import bdist_egg
 from setuptools.command.develop import develop
-from setuptools.command.egg_info import egg_info
 from setuptools.command.install import install
 from setuptools.command.sdist import sdist
 
+# pylint: enable=no-name-in-module
+
+
 try:
     from urllib2 import urlopen
 except ImportError:
@@ -48,7 +45,6 @@ try:
     HAS_BDIST_WHEEL = True
 except ImportError:
     HAS_BDIST_WHEEL = False
-# pylint: enable=E0611
 
 try:
     import zmq
@@ -96,15 +92,12 @@ else:
     )
 
 # Store a reference whether if we're running under Python 3 and above
-IS_PY3 = sys.version_info > (3,)
-
 try:
     # Add the esky bdist target if the module is available
     # may require additional modules depending on platform
-    from esky import bdist_esky
-
     # bbfreeze chosen for its tight integration with distutils
-    import bbfreeze
+    import bbfreeze  # pylint: disable=unused-import
+    from esky import bdist_esky  # pylint: disable=unused-import
 
     HAS_ESKY = True
 except ImportError:
@@ -213,11 +206,8 @@ def _check_ver(pyver, op, wanted):
     """
     pyver = distutils.version.LooseVersion(pyver)
     wanted = distutils.version.LooseVersion(wanted)
-    if IS_PY3:
-        if not isinstance(pyver, str):
-            pyver = str(pyver)
-        if not isinstance(wanted, str):
-            wanted = str(wanted)
+    if not isinstance(pyver, str):
+        pyver = str(pyver)
     return getattr(operator, "__{}__".format(op))(pyver, wanted)
 
 
@@ -231,10 +221,6 @@ def _parse_requirements_file(requirements_file):
             if IS_WINDOWS_PLATFORM:
                 if "libcloud" in line:
                     continue
-            if IS_PY3 and "futures" in line.lower():
-                # Python 3 already has futures, installing it will only break
-                # the current python installation whenever futures is imported
-                continue
             try:
                 pkg, pyverspec = line.rsplit(";", 1)
             except ValueError:
@@ -514,20 +500,12 @@ class DownloadWindowsDlls(Command):
 
                         if req.getcode() == 200:
                             with open(fdest, "wb") as wfh:
-                                if IS_PY3:
-                                    while True:
-                                        chunk = req.read(4096)
-                                        if not chunk:
-                                            break
-                                        wfh.write(chunk)
-                                        wfh.flush()
-                                else:
-                                    while True:
-                                        for chunk in req.read(4096):
-                                            if not chunk:
-                                                break
-                                            wfh.write(chunk)
-                                            wfh.flush()
+                                while True:
+                                    chunk = req.read(4096)
+                                    if not chunk:
+                                        break
+                                    wfh.write(chunk)
+                                    wfh.flush()
                         else:
                             log.error(
                                 "Failed to download {}.dll to {} from {}".format(
@@ -543,10 +521,6 @@ class Sdist(sdist):
             self.run_command("write_salt_ssh_packaging_file")
             self.filelist.files.append(os.path.basename(PACKAGED_FOR_SALT_SSH_FILE))
 
-        if not IS_PY3 and not isinstance(base_dir, str):
-            # Work around some bad code in distutils which logs unicode paths
-            # against a str format string.
-            base_dir = base_dir.encode("utf-8")
         sdist.make_release_tree(self, base_dir, files)
 
         # Let's generate salt/_version.py to include in the sdist tarball
@@ -999,10 +973,7 @@ class SaltDistribution(distutils.dist.Distribution):
         self.name = "salt-ssh" if PACKAGED_FOR_SALT_SSH else "salt"
         self.salt_version = __version__  # pylint: disable=undefined-variable
         self.description = "Portable, distributed, remote execution and configuration management system"
-        kwargs = {}
-        if IS_PY3:
-            kwargs["encoding"] = "utf-8"
-        with open(SALT_LONG_DESCRIPTION_FILE, **kwargs) as f:
+        with open(SALT_LONG_DESCRIPTION_FILE, encoding="utf-8") as f:
             self.long_description = f.read()
         self.long_description_content_type = "text/x-rst"
         self.author = "Thomas S Hatch"
@@ -1357,7 +1328,7 @@ class SaltDistribution(distutils.dist.Distribution):
         elif sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
             freezer_includes.append("spwd")
             try:
-                import yum  # pylint: disable=unused-variable
+                import yum  # pylint: disable=unused-import
 
                 freezer_includes.append("yum")
             except ImportError: